Other mineral production by country

Source: Edgar Mowrer & Marthe Raichman, Global War : An Atlas of World Strategy.

[ ]{#Manganese_production_(~_May_1942)} Manganese production (~ May 1942)
Share of world total
USSR 40%
Ghana 10%
South Africa 10%
Egypt 2%
Belgian Congo 1%
China 1%
India 16%
Portuguese India 1.5%
Japan 1.5%
Other Asia 1%
French Morocco 2%
Germany & Austria 9%
Other Europe 2%


[ ]{#Nickel_production_(~_May_1942)} Nickel production (~ May 1942)
Share of world total
Canada 88%
New Caledonia 6%
USSR 2%
Burma 1%
Norway 1%
Greece 1%


[ ]{#Chrome_production_(~_May_1942)} Chrome production (~ May 1942)
Share of world total
Zimbabwe 22%
South Africa 13%
USSR 15%
Caribbean 5%
New Caledonia 4%
Turkey 18%
India 5%
Philippines 6%
Yugoslavia 5%
Greece 3%


[ ]{#Tungsten_production_(~_May_1942)} Tungsten production (~ May 1942)
Share of world total
China 38%
USA 8%
Bolivia 5%
Other South America 5%
Other Allied 9%
Burma 13%
Korea 4%
Portugal 6%
Malaya 3%
Indochina 1%
Thailand .5%
Other (Axis) 5%


[ ]{#Antimony_production_(~_May_1942)} Antimony production (~ May 1942)
Share of world total
China 36%
South America 21%
Mexico 19%
North America 1%
Czechoslovakia 4%
Yugoslavia 3%
Other Axis Europe 11%
Other (Axis) 1%


[ ]{#Uranium_production_(~_Aug_1939)} Uranium production (~ Aug 1939)

This information comes from Einstein's Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt (dated August 2, 1939).

Value of Source
USA Very poor ores in moderate quantities
Canada Some good ores
Czechoslovakia Some good ores
Belgian Congo The most important source